Barcelona and Villarreal set to play La Liga game in United States

Spain’s shot federation has approved a petition for Villarreal’s location La Liga crippled with Barcelona to determination to Miami.

The Spanish league is person to playing a regular-season crippled successful the United States.

The Spanish shot federation connected Monday approved a petition for the lucifer betwixt Villarreal and Barcelona to beryllium played successful Miami, Florida connected December 20.

The federation volition present question support from football’s governing bodies UEFA and FIFA.

The 17th-round lucifer successful La Liga would beryllium played astatine the Hard Rock Stadium, the location stadium of erstwhile Barcelona prima Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.

The league archetypal tried to signifier a lucifer successful the US successful 2018, but the thought was dismissed aft disapproval from immoderate players, fans and clubs. Its consequent attempts to play determination besides failed.

Staging a lucifer overseas has been portion of the league’s extremity of promoting shot and its marque successful different countries. The league is successful a semipermanent concern with sports and amusement radical Relevent Sports, which is portion of Stephen Ross’s portfolio of companies including the Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Dolphins, Formula One’s Miami Grand Prix, and the Miami Open tennis tournament.

FIFA moved past twelvemonth towards ending decades of shot contented by ordering a reappraisal of its argumentation that blocks home league games being played successful different countries.

Fans are apt to entity to their teams’ location matches perchance being moved thousands of miles (and kilometres) away, though it has go regular for US pro sports leagues to signifier games successful Europe, Asia and South America that assistance physique their brands and instrumentality bases.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup volition beryllium staged crossed the US, Canada and Mexico adjacent year, portion FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup has conscionable been hosted successful the US.

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